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Scholten, Annemarie Zand; Maris, Gunter; Borsboom, Denny – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
In his opening statements, Humphry takes a critical attitude with respect to psychometric modeling. As he advances and discusses Michell's well-known criticisms, the reader is certain that this paper must have something on offer that deviates considerably from conventional psychometrics. After all "most psychometricians have either explicitly or…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Research Methodology, Models, Measurement Techniques
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von Eye, Alexander – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2009
Universals were said to exist if superordinate variables can be established that are parallel in several individuals or groups of individuals. In addition, these variables can be shown to exhibit dimensional identity in the sense that their relationships with other latent variables are not conditioned on individuals or membership in groups of…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Personality, Psychological Characteristics, Individual Psychology
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Wilhelm, Oliver; Robitzsch, Alexander – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2009
The paper by Rupp and Templin (2008) is an excellent work on the characteristics and features of cognitive diagnostic models (CDM). In this article, the authors comment on some substantial and methodological aspects of this focus paper. They organize their comments by going through issues associated with the terms "cognitive,"…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Test Items, Models, Diagnostic Tests
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Veugelers, Reinhilde – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
Since the use of bibliometric instruments has grown and will continue to grow in the future, the quality, availability, and accessibility of data on publications and citations is of tantamount importance. But equally important is a correct use of the data. This means that an important task of the bibliometric field is to highlight not only what…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Bibliometrics, Test Validity, Economics
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Katz, J. Sylvan – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of Anthony F. J. van Raan's article titled, "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure." van Raan makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Medical Research, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Feller, Irwin – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure," by Anthony F. J. van Raan. The author states that van Raan's article provides an excellent, if tightly compressed, introduction to key findings and innovative methods of the accumulating and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Scientific Research, Citation Analysis, Researchers